These stunning photographs give a rare insight into the £40million facility which McLaren hopes will make them the supercar world’s market leader.
Supercars line the sides of the factory, as 750 experts work together to produce McLaren’s first supercar, the £170,000 MP4-12C.
It is a far cry from the dawn of the car industry, when Henry Ford laboured to perfect his methods in Trafford Park, Manchester, exactly 100 years ago – simultaneously transforming the 20th century by the introducing the age of mass assembly by production lines.
Nowadays the cars may have changed, but look beyond the differences and the similarities emerge  … Pictures and more
The Gumball 3000 is back for its 13th rendition in 2012 and it guarantees to be just as wild and crazy as it has always been. The 2012 Gumball 3000, for those that do not know, is a roughly 3,000-mile rally that begins in New York, heads into Canada, and eventually ends up in Los Angeles, all while hitting five check points between New York and L.A.
At each checkpoint, the entire group gets together and throws one massive party with the key party coming at the very end in L.A. Though the Gumball 3000 is touted as a race, it is more of  … More
Forget Hemi ‘Cudas, Boss 429s, Tri-Power Corvettes and every other muscle machine from the 1960s and ’70s. None of them are powerful enough to make this list. Not. Even. Close.
Today is the golden age of automotive power. And the vehicles listed here have more horsepower than all the others through more than a century of automotive history. Incredibly, the weakest of the bunch packs 544 hp and the oldest hasn’t even hit its 23rd birthday.
This list isn’t based on opinion, but fact. Each machine’s spot on the list was determined by … More
Just days after receiving new, taller tires, a new front splitter and a modified rear wing, Team Falken Tire proved their strength when they took a gamble in pitlane to ultimately lead the GT class in the final stint in the American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patron. Ultimately finishing seventh, Falken drivers Bryan Sellers and Wolf Henzler had fans and officials of the American Le Mans Series on their feet at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, providing some of the best on track action of the race